Bubbemeissa - Grandmother's Tale! In other words, a total myth! FrameMaker does absolutely NOTHING with the internals of placed EPS files; it is simply passed through and around the PostScript driver during "print" operations. As long as it is valid PostScript conforming to the EPS specification and has a language level less than or equal to that of the PostScript printer being sent to (Distiller is language level 3), you should be fine!
Who gave you that mumbo-jumbo "advice"? - Dov > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael M?ller-Hillebrand > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:22 PM > > [I had a bad feeling dropping a message with a "loosely connected" > topic into another thread.] > > When saving Illustrator files as EPS you have the choice to select > the Illustrator version, including a warning that you may loose some > features when saving as an older versions. > > I also remember that there was a case when dashed lines from an > Illustrator EPS "escaped" from the encapsulation and created dashed > lines elsewhere after distilling to a PDF. This was with a certain > combination of FrameMaker and Acrobat versions. What I and others > learned was that EPS encapsulation is not always encapsulating the EPS. > > In other words, I hear advice that you should stick to a certain > Illustrator version level for all EPS graphics unless your FrameMaker > version is younger than your Illustrator version - presumably to give > engineers the chance to improve the EPS import filter (or the PS > creating engine?). > > Or is that a myth? Will FrameMaker 7.0 without a problem process EPS > files at Illustrator CS3 level? > > If there is a dependency, I am looking for a compatibility table that > shows which versions of Illustrator EPS files are supported by which > version of FrameMaker. > > Thanks, > > - Michael